just bought my first bike.

[charlieh777]

i have just bought my first bike and drove it home. I keep reading that its a requirement to have a 'logbook' but i don't know what the logbook is. The only documents i got with my bike were the 'service and warranty booklet and the manual. I also have a receipt showing I have bought the bike and it mentions road tax is paid but i have nothing official to show that. Is this normal?

[Ben90]

The V5 or 'logbook' shows who is responsible for taxing and insuring the vehicle, so effectively who owns it.

You wouldn't have been given a logbook as the seller/dealer should have sent it to the DVLA to get reprinted in your name but you should have seen the logbook, filled out and given a tear-out of the New Keeper Supplement that looks like this:

https://www.buymycar.com/images/v5c2.jpg

The new logbook should arrive in the post.
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[charlieh777]

no i wasn't given any part of it. but i remember the dealer saying something will come through the post in two weeks so i will wait for that.

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[Irn-Bru]

You need to tax the bike if you haven't already, you should have been given the new owners slip for that reason. Not really sure how you tax it otherwise as you need the code on the slip. Tax isn't transferable now.

Having been through a few car sales recently for family it's just a case of sitting on the computer, buy insurance, buy tax, takes a few extra minutes but I bet it's a pain if you need to get it all outside the sellers house or something.
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[charlieh777]

the dealership told me they have already taxed the bike for me It sais the price i paid included road tax on the receipt. But they didn't give me the new owners supplement but they said a log book will come through the post in two weeks.

[Keir]

this isnt sounding good so far....

any reputable car or bike dealer will know that you can no longer sell a bike with tax. they will also give you a new keeper slip as mentioned already.
get some advice from someone you know or someone who knows what they are doing asap.

anyway, what bike did you get?
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[grr666]

I though online keeper transfer was live now? If it was a dealer would surely know that and favour that method
because in a manner of speaking you can then sell a car/bike/whatever with tax ready for the new owner to drive/ride
away that day.


Yup, thought so.
https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle

What's the betting OP has had the V5 assigned online and then taxed immediately afterwards when the name
change/address etc is on the 'system'?
I think I'm right in saying that the green tear off slip is null and void if this method of transfer to a new keeper is used.
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[Keir]

possibly but I bought a bike at a bmw dealership on Saturday and they still went with the old paper system.
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[grr666]

I don't think it's been live very long tbh.
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[Wilkie2]

Is it brand new? If so the log book will come to your address and there won't have been a new keeper slip to give to you. I don't know how it works with the new tax etc. but when I bought a new bike the tax was included in the price and was done by the dealer (must work differently with new registrations).

[charlieh777]

the dealership is huge and one of the biggest most reputable in london its basically a local tourist attraction. I guess they must have used the new online system.

[Nexus Icon]

Dealers can still tax a vehicle at point of sale, on the behalf of the new owner, but they have to register to do so and not that many have bothered.

It is possible so don't stress too much that everyone's telling you it can't be taxed, it can.

They should have given you the green slip from the V5 though. It's a bit naughty of them not to have done so. I'd drop back into the dealers and ask if they have it.
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[Val]

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